Rebuilding the Nation Chapter 16 Section 1 Key

Rebuilding the Nation Chapter 16 Section 1

Key Vocab Terms • Voluntary-not forced ; done of one’s own free will • Resolve-to decide ; to solve • Abraham Lincoln-president of US in 1861 -1865 who eliminated slavery • Amnesty-a group pardon • Freedman-enslaved people who had been freed by the war • John Wilkes Booth-Confederate sympathizer who assassinated Lincoln

Preparing for Reunion The North and South began what was know as Reconstruction to bring the nation back together. The Civil War had a terrible impact on the South. Many cities and plantations were in ruins along with 2/3 of the railroads. The freedmen were no longer enslaved but still had no land, jobs, and no education. There were many disabled soldiers from the war recovering from their war wounds. Also the South’s economy was ruined all of their confederate money was now worthless. Many people lost their life savings.

Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan Lincoln’s goal was to make it easy for the South to come back to the Union and bind up the wounds of war. That is why Lincoln introduced the ten percent plan. Ten percent of the states voters took an oath of loyalty to the United States, so they could have a new state government. Then that government would have the power to end slavery. This plan also established amnesty former confederates who took an oath of loyalty.

The Wade-Davis Bill A couple months after the ten percent plan Congress came up with a new way for reconstruction, this was called the Wade-Davis bill. Before a state could come back to the Union 50 percent of voters would have to sign a loyalty oath. Lincoln refused to sign the bill so it never actually became a law. Lincoln wanted a strong Republican Party in the new South. The Radical Republicans from the South disapproved of Lincoln’s plan.

The Freedmen’s Bureau Congress was urgently trying to deal with the needs of freedmen and other war refugees. In March 1865 Congress created Freedmen’s Bureau. The first duty of the bureau was to provide emergency relief to freedmen and refugees displaced by the war.

Education Most southern states didn't have a public education system before the war. The Freedmen’s Bureau set up schools where freedmen were taught to read and write, and where African American kids could extend their education. The teachers of these schools were normally northern white woman, but there were some African American woman as well.

Defending Freedmen Another duty of the Freedmen’s Bureau was to resolve arguments between whites and blacks. It also helped freedmen find jobs. The Freedmen’s Bureau had to set up it’s own courts because people tried to cheat the freedmen.

Lincoln is Murdered On April 14 th , 1865, five days after Lee’s surrender which ended the Civil War, Lincoln was assassinated. The nation was shocked by Lincoln’s death. He was shot by a confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth. The event accrued at Ford’s Theatre where Lincoln and his wife were watching a play. Booth came up behind Lincoln and shot him in the head. Lincoln then died a couple hours later. Two weeks after the assassination Booth was found and trapped in a barn set on fire then later was shot for not coming out. The other 12 people who took part in Lincoln’s assassination were either convicted or killed. A special funeral train carried Lincoln’s body from town to town as the Nation paid their respects. The train finally arrived at it’s destination in Illinois for burial.

Miss Clara Harris John Wilkes Booth President Abraham Lincoln Major Henry Rathbone Mary Todd Lincoln

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